Here are some of the most amusing and interesting facts about animals
- The lion was the most wide spread large land mammal after humans 10,000 years ago.
- The night vision of tigers is 6 times better than that of humans
- Do you know that there are more than 20,000 species of ants in our planet
- Do you know that queen ants live up to 30 years where as ant workers live up to 3 years
- It is a fact that Giraffe sleeps less than 2 hours per day on average
- Almost all gorillas have same blood group type (B type)
- The DNA of gorillas is 95 to 99% same as humans
- A cheetah can reach a speed of 120 Km/h. It is the fastest land animal
- Some of the dolphin species have upto 250 teeth
- Sharks have up to 3000 teeth
- The largest dinosaurs weighed 90,000 to 1,00,000 Kilograms as per an estimate by Scientists
- The smallest dinosaur was about the size of a chicken
- Flies consume only liquid food as they have no teeth
- A fly has a life span of only few days
- Do you know that the smallest snake in this world is only 4 inches long and the longest snake can be more than 10 meters long.
- The snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces, so they just swallow the prey completely
